Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

State: Illinois
Length: 33.0 mi / 53.1 km
Time to Allow: Two days to enjoy the entire byway

Here, the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers meet to form a 35,000-acre floodplain. The Mississippi, a working river, is also an environmental treasure. Historic 18th-century river towns, islands, bars, points, and bends create beautiful scenery beneath limestone bluffs that are covered by forests extending over nearly 20,000 acres.

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  Great Birding on the Great Rivers

  Updated Feb 23, 2012 in Get Outdoors! And Go Birding

  The Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers come together to create unique wildlife viewing opportunities, and the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route presents an opportunity to get an up-close view of an impressive array of animals and birds. Although numerous varieties of animals make their homes here, the area is particularly famous for bird watching

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  Walk with Lincoln on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

  Feb 25, 2011 in Get Fit! Get Active: Walking Tours, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends

  For a plethora of Civil War and Lincoln-related sites, "Walk with Lincoln" on the Lincoln & Civil War Legacy Trail in Alton, Illinois, on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route.

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  1-Day Trip: Meeting of the Great Rivers Must See Tour
  (Illinois)

  This "Must-See" Tour on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway, follows a 33-mile strip of river where the Mississippi and Missouri meet....